Education
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Newsom signs law easing rules requiring students to learn English, change will impact 1 million
Nearly 1 million California students designated as English learners will no longer have to pass a set of tests and benchmarks to exit the program,
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Trump Education Department finalizes revised Title IX rules
The final is set for formal publication on Tuesday and comes in the wake of a court decision striking down Biden-era rules that beefed up protections for transgender individuals.
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Texas University ends women's and ethnic studies as majors, following other schools doing the same
While faculty members within those majors will become part of a new, consolidated department, they had no advanced warning that this was coming.
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Judge blocks Education Department plan to cut grants to DEI programs
The DOE move came in 2025, shortly after President Donald Trump returned to the White House, and affected roughly $600 million in total grants.
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Parents threaten to sue district for exposing kids to transgender teacher, testing SCOTUS rulings
Wake County, North Carolina parents want notice and opt-out for any classes taught by cross-dressing male teacher who may have identified as "non-binary" in job interview, arguing recent Supreme Court precedents demand it.
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California school district loses court battle over parent notification policy
Chino Valley Unified School District Board President Sonja Shaw said she believes staff members will continue to make notifications if necessary in line with an amended district policy that removes any mention of gender.
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In one year, Texas teacher misconduct reports triple, most added to Do Not Hire Registry
According to TEA data, Texas public schools employ more than 320,000 teachers and more than 80,000 professional staff, including principals, administrators and others.
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Michigan State master's program partners with Chinese institutions tied to Communist propaganda
U.S. universities vet foreign partners mainly for risks in chips and weapons, and this report argues that American expertise in communications and public-opinion analysis could reach China's propaganda system through academic partnerships, but those partnerships don't get the same scrutiny.
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School district in Virginia advises teachers avoid linking 9/11 to radical Islam on anniversary
The six-page instructional guide, "25th Anniversary and Commemoration of 9/11" was distributed to teachers and recommends they create a "safe space" for Muslim students,
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Texas education board approves curriculum changes that state 'radical Islam' behind 9/11 attacks
High school students in Texas will also study early Muslims' "brutal military campaigns against Jewish and Christian tribes," the "normalization of slavery," including the taking of female captives to use as "harem slaves."
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Whitmer Woes: Michigan test scores fall to new lows despite increased spending
Test found 61.8% of all third-graders scored below proficient on the state’s English language arts test.
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Mother of alleged sexual assault victim pleads for notice, opt-out before girls wrestle males
Supreme Court already requires public schools to honor parental rights before students exposed to LGBTQ "storybooks" or treated as opposite sex, lawyers for Kallie Keeler and mother tell appeals court, seeking emergency block.
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Fourth university in three years settles federal claims over hidden Chinese research ties
Taxpayer-funded research at American universities is supposed to come with full disclosure of who else is paying the researchers.